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Best tool to break up ice on my driveway?

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What John P said. Hardware stores, etc. sell ice choppers (similar to what he linked but with a rectangular blade). That, plenty of elbow grease, gloves to prevent blisters. Chop down then scrape in from the edge, repeat ad infinitum.

Ice melt and some sun will help a lot eventually.
 
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Phokus said:
Eh... i was thinking of using salt, but that's going to take too long. The ice is seriously thick and hard as a rock.
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Copious amount of rock salts would make short work of it. Or, hot water & high pressure washer, then rock salts.
 
For rock salt to work; the temps need to be with certain ranges

Ice Melt Products
  • Bagged Rock Salt - 10, 25, 50 or 80 lb. bags -
    . . . . . Optimal temperature range Sodium Chloride (20-22° F)
  • Calcium Chloride - pellets, flakes or liquid
    . . . . . Optimal temperature range Calcium Chloride (-25° F)
  • Magnesium Chloride - pellets, flakes or liquid
    . . . . . Optimal temperature range Magnesium Chloride (5° F)
  • Potassium Chloride
    . . . . . Optimal temperature range Potassium Chloride (12° F)
  • Urea
    . . . . . Optimal temperature range Urea (15° F)
  • Magic-O Liquid (add to bulk rock salt to increase effectiveness and decrease costs)
    . . . . . Optimal temperature range Proven working temperature of -35° F.
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Lay down on the patch of ice butt naked and let your body heat take care of it. Problem solved. You're welcome.
 
Nothing to add to this but...

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How about a sign that says "don't walk here unless you sign a paper saying you won't sue me." Then just wait. Or do what I do and just don't do anything.
 
Phokus said:
I was able to clear half the ice on my driveway, but there's a big section where the snow melted and the water came down the driveway and collected there and it's almost an inch of rock hard ice there now. I tried smashing it with my shovel but i bent the shovel and don't want to damage it anymore... I'm thinking of picking up a sledge hammer at home depot or something.

Or is there something better that i could use?
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a couple illegal aliens with shovels?
 
I was going to say "ice scraper" but that's been mentioned numerous times in the thread. If you had a tractor with a bucket, you could use brute force. For 5 years, I've never bothered shoveling my own driveway - it's not on a slope & I'm not anal retentive about seeing the driveway surface. But, with the tractor - it's more fun.
However, going back to the salt solution, I'd suggest doing what they did in the old days. Tossing cinders on top for traction & not worrying about it. It'll melt in the spring, unless a new ice age starts in the next month or so.
 
My urine is warm + full of salt, you could try taking a wiz on it. I suggest drinking a 12 pack of beer as it will give you plenty of urine.
 
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